单词 | of foot |
释义 | > as lemmasof foot (a) On one's feet, walking or running, as opposed to travelling on horseback or in a vehicle. Also † of foot, upon foot. Cf. afoot adv. 1.In early use typically with on and dative plural. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > on foot [phrase] on footOE on footback1589 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 390 Ne þearft þu yrnan on fotum ac mid geleafan gan þæt þu God oncnawe. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 & scæ fleh & iæde on fote to Walingford. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 253 Al þes londes folc an horsen & an foten [c1300 Otho a fote] forð heo ifusten. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2397 When Gij seye þe douke of fot. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 62 Þe is bettere on fote gon þen wycked hors to ryde. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6267 He folud wit ost on hors and fote. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 7v So faire freikes vppon fote was ferly to se. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 238 The Englishmen..made three battayles on foote. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 135 Some on horsback, other on foot follow the cry..neither fearing thornes, woods, downe-hils. 1695 T. Brown Let. 20 June in J. Wilmot Lett. (1697) 157 Industrious Harlots, who had been earning a Penny over Night, tripping it on foot to their Lodgings. 1704 C. Darby Psalms lxvi. 97 We passed through the flood on foot, And there we sung his praise. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 479 The Tartars are inured to horsemanship from their infancy: they seldom appear on foot. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 25 Feb. 419/1 I drove up..(fearful of being late, or I should have come on foot). 1884 B. M. Croker Pretty Miss Neville xlii. 379 We were four carriages away from the scene, and the road was now quite jammed with horses, and people on foot running past excitedly. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xv. 253 He was on foot and beyond Reiverslaw..when he was overtaken by a horseman. 1980 A. Tyler Morgan's Passing (1983) ii. ii. 39 His hardware store was deep in the city, too far to travel on foot, and unfortunately his car was spread all over the floor of his garage. 2004 Global May 46/1 In Stockholm the easiest way to get around is on foot or by using the excellent bus service. < as lemmas |
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